stephen cochran singleton (7 Ergebnisse)

Octavo, green cloth (hardcover), 27 pp. Good, with chipped & frayed spine. Contents: Dedication; Florida Showers; Red Hibiscus; The "Queen of Nassau" Passes; Lost in the Gulf; Lake Tohopekaliga; Exile; My Florida; A Rosary; A Christmas Song for Pioneers; Key Largo; Key West; The Florida Keys; Tavernier; Treasure. Florida, Floridiana, Poetry, Americana, U.S.-iana. nslic.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Good condition. This is a trade size softcover pamphlet opening lengthwise. Corners are bumped. Back cover is soiled. Two spots on front cover. Several creases throughout pamphlet. Two inch tear on page 13. 24 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 243/250 signed twice, once with inscription to a friend other materials inserted book in Fine shape early 50's or perhaps earlier.

Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Offering this uncommon signed limited edition association copy of "A Song of Years in Florida," by Stephen Cochran Singleton. Miami: The Miami Post Publishing Company, n.d., circa 1950. Hardcover, 12/250. Features a lengthy, highly personal, and witty two-part presentation inscription on the limitation page "To the Archers." Includes a clever idiomatic pun on their name regarding "drawing the longbow of statement" alongside a sharp, anti-commercialist sentiment about giving gifts to friends outside of the Christmas season. Initialed "SCS" by the author. And then signed below in full "Stephen C. Singleton" and marked "12 of a limited edition of 250 copies." Here is the full inscription: "To the Archers who seldom draw the longbow of statement and who often hit the mark! Why wait for Christmas when the pleasure is to be had for the taking any old day? I wait for no merchant to tell me it is time to remember friends - like an expensive alarm clock. SCS" Overall condition is very good. Cover has mild bumping and wear with a small amount of loss to the spine ends. Pages are clean and crisp with light paperclip marks at the top of a several pages in the middle. Binding remains secure. Stephen Cochran Singleton (1857-1952) was an American poet, newspaper editor and writer. He is remembered for chronicling the 1926 Miami hurricane and was well-regarded as a regional poet. He was also deeply involved in early conservation efforts to protect Florida's native ecosystems and indigenous cultures.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. RARE, SIGNED by author, No. 209 of limited ed. of 250, no date (ca. 1930s), shelfwear, previous owner's stamp on front endpage, lighth age toning. amp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. RARE volume of Florida poetry, SIGNED, number 209 of limited edition of 250 copies, no date (from text appears to be 1950s), shelfwear, rubbing, light age toning, a few spots on endpage., previous owner's embossed stamp on front endpage. Signed by Author(s).

Zustand: Very Good. Beige stapled wraps. Black/white views of Miami after the large, and deadly, hurricane of 1926. Some wear to paper on rear flap, but otherwise a clean copy with no previous owners' names or other defacements. 9.25 x 7 in.